Colotis celimene

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Colotis celimene		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colotis Rank Species

Similar Colotis vesta, Colotis antevippe, Colotis euippe, Colotis evenina, Colotis eris

Colotis celimene, the lilac tip or magenta tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly year-round, peaking from March to May.

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. c. celimene (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)

C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana (east), Swaziland, South Africa)

C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (Niger, central and western Sudan)

C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) (Angola, western Botswana, Namibia)

C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia)

C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) (eastern Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan)

References

Colotis celimene Wikipedia

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